Typewriter support



Feb. 27, 1945. l I vw. l SCHUH 2,370,607

TYPEWRI TER SUPPORT Filed July 3, 1942 wherein:

Patented Feb. 27, 1945 .I Y 2,370,615.71"I e I I 1 y TrPEWRITERfsUProR'r.William Schu-h; Aberdeen, fWash., assigner Lto .GrayshHarbor ChairjjkiaMfg. Company, ,'.Hoquiam, 1Wasl1.,a corporation of WashingtonAppliance-amie, 1942nSeria1'N0-44ac36 l 2 claims. .ref gsnm) i assure asteady support for a typewriter placed thereon.

-The invention consists in the details of con struction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of my improvedtypewriter table whereby certain important advantages are attained, aswill be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order that my invention may be better understood, I will now proceedto describe the. same with referenceto the accompanying drawing,

Figure l is a View in perspective of a typewriter table constructed inaccordance with an embodiment of my invention.

Figure 2 is a view in perspective of the device as illustrated in Figure1 but in inverted position,V and y Figure 3 is a sectional view takensubstantially on line 3 3 of Figure 1, the table being shown in appliedposition, the coacting desk being frage mentarily illustrated. f

As disclosed in the accompanying drawing, the improved table comprisesan elongated flat board B, the rear portion I of which is reduced atopposite sides to a width to allow said rear portion I to be readilyinserted within a conventional drawer opening 2 in a desk D or the like.

The front or forward portion 3 of the board B is adapted to be of awidth greater than the width of the opening 2 and the side edges a ofthe portion 3 merge with the side edges1 b of the rear portion I by theinwardly and rearwardly di rected and relatively short cam edges c, eachof which is herein disclosed as disposed on a slight inbow..

The side margins of the rear portion I of the board B'are dened by thedepending flanges 4 extending from the rear'end of the board B to apoint closely adjacent to the cam edges c. These anges 4 areco-extensive in length one with respect to the other and the forwardendsof these fil-anges f4 fare connected-'by a Atransversely disposedange 5.

The forward end portions 6 of the flanges 4 extend slightly beyond thelower or free longitudinal margin of the flange 5` while the majorportions of the flanges 4 have their free or lower longitudinal edgessubstantially coplanar with the lower or free longitudinal edge of theflange 5 except at their'extreme rear ends the flanges 4 are slightlyreduced from below, as at l, in width. The rear ends of the flanges 4are connected by the cross flange 8 depending from the rear extremity ofthe board B.

The anges 4, 5 and 8 are'preferably wooden strips cut into desireddesign and dimensions and which strips are rigidly secured in anypreferred manner to the under surface of the board B which is alsopreferably of wood.

It is also to be noted that the rear extremities of the extendedportions E have their outer margins merging with the outer or freemargins of the flanges 4 by the rearwardly and upwardly inclined camedges 9.

The rear flange 8 and the major rear portions of the flanges 4 are ofsuch widths as to permit the rear portion of the board to be readilyinserted through the drawer opening 2 of the desk D or kindred supportand this insertion is facilitated by the reduced portions 'I.

As the rear portion I of the board is forced inwardly through the draweropening 2, the cam edges 9 will contact with the outer edge of thellower wall I0 of the drawer opening 2 and tighten the rear portion ofthe board B within the desk D or the like. As, illustrated in Figure 3,this action of the cam edges 9 will force the rear portion I of theboard B up against the conventional guide strip I2 provided at each endof a drawer opening at a point thereabove.

As also illustrated in Figure 3, it will be noted that when the board Bhas its rear portion inserted through the drawer opening 2, the forwardportion 3 of the board will be positioned outwardly of the desk D or thelike so that a typewriter may be readily placed thereon and it isbelieved to be obvious that the weight of the typewriter upon thisportion 3 will `maintain the typewriter in applied or working position.

The cam edges c are adapted to have contact with the end edges of thedrawer opening 2 to tightly wedge the applied support against side orlateral movement within the drawer opening 2 and particularly when thedrawer opening 2 is of considerable depth.

From the foregoing description it is thoughtr to be obvious that atypewriter tableconstructed in accordance with my invention isparticularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience andfacilitywith which it may be assembled and operated.

What I claim is:

1. A support comprising an elongated board having its rear portiontransversely reduced at opposite sides, iianges secured to the rearportion of the board adjacent to and longitudinally of the side marginsthereof, said rear reduced portion and flanges being insertible througha drawer opening, the free edges of the flanges at the inner ends of theanges being formed to provide cams for wedging action against the bottomedge of the drawer opening to bind the flanges and board between the topand bottom edges of such opening the inner end portions of the sidemargins of the rear reduced portion extending outwardly and forwardlytoward the side edges of the front portion of the board to provide camsfor Wedging action with the end edges of the drawer opening throughwhich the rear portion of the board is inserted.

2. A support for mounting engagement in a ,drawer opening of an articleof furniture, comprising a relatively long board having a width througha portion of its length from one end for insertion into said opening, aflange secured to one side of the board along each edge of the saidportion, a camming means formed upon the free longitudinal edge of eachflange at the end of the flange remote from the said one end of theboard for effecting the wedging of the said portion of the board and theflanges between the top and botton edges of the drawer opening, and eachlongitudinal edge of the board at the inner end of the said portionthereof being continued outwardly forming a cam edge for wedging contactWith a side of the drawer opening.

vVV'ILLlAM H. SCHUH.

